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When it's Friday and ALSO the premiere of Hocus Pocus 2.... how can one POSSIBLY stay calm? Maybe I need a calming circle 😅Who else is going to be watching Hocus Pocus 2?! ... See MoreSee Less

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2 days ago

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2 days ago

Just can't pass up a chance to share with you some really fun, engaging, hands-on center activities.Check these out! www.youclevermonkey.com/2015/04/literacy-centre-ideas.html ... See MoreSee Less

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That Friday mood! 😂 Especially when it’s the

That Friday mood! 😂 Especially when it’s the Friday that Hocus pocus 2 comes out!!!
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Today in a nutshell…. Not so good news and just

Today in a nutshell…. Not so good news and just trying to remind myself things always work as they should in the end.

I always love this advice, but it can just be tough sometimes to let it go. Sometimes things take time - and it’s fine to not feel alright. You know me… it’s not always sunshine and rainbows and I wont pretend that it is.

If you’re feeling this too, know you aren’t alone friend. 💚 [📸: @laurajaneillustrations ]
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It’s the last full week of September which means

It’s the last full week of September which means it’s basically October….

So, spooky counting collections are ready to go! 🐈‍⬛ 🕷 🦇 🎃 👻 This week we’re introducing a new recording page to show our thinking, and I’m excited to see how it goes!
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Monday is coming - and I won’t even lie, I want

Monday is coming - and I won’t even lie, I want more weekend!

Hoping this brings a little smile to you as we head into the new week. We got this friends!
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I can tell you got big Friday energy! Congrats y’all - we made it!!!
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Just a teacher saying ✌🏼 at contract time bec

Just a teacher saying ✌🏼 at contract time because #exhausted

This week has been something else y’all! So much going on at school and outside of school, and last night we had our version of curriculum night (hello 13 hour day) It’s always nice to get to share with families what we’re doing but it definitely drains the tank.

Hope you are hanging in there this week - it’s Friday Eve y’all!!
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Let’s chat about warmups during small group less

Let’s chat about warmups during small group lessons with our developing readers.

One area we hit on during EVERY small group lesson is decoding practice.

I love to start with a list of words that follow the pattern in our decodable for the day. For example, if we are reading a short a decodable, we will mainly focus on short a words during this decoding practice.

Early on I will have my students read each sound aloud and then “scoop” the sounds together to read the word.

Then as students are ready, I’ll move into teaching them to read each sound in their mind then just say the “scoop” or word out loud. This really helps to start building fluency as we are reading.

Looking for more details on how I structure my reading groups? Check out the 🔗 in my stories!
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If you love a good, hands-on lesson this is for yo

If you love a good, hands-on lesson this is for you friends!

Recently I noticed my tiny humans were wasting tons of paper - like easily reusable paper.

I was trying to figure out a good way to address it, then remembered a lesson I used to do every year many years ago - making recycled paper!

We used scraps from the classroom and the students worked in pairs to decide what colors they wanted to use and mix together.

We of course added some glitter because… glitter!

So many concepts rolled into one makes this a winner in my book! I’ve linked the blog post for you in my stories with the steps to do this yourself! Trust me - it’s waaaaay easier than you think!
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Friends, we have some exciting news to share. Ye

Friends, we have some exciting news to share.

Years ago (before we pursued adoption) we met with our fertility doctor and considered surrogacy as an option to grow our family. Ultimately adoption was the right choice for us at the time and led us to our sweet guy, Ace.

Since then surrogacy has been a frequent topic of conversation, and we made the decision a few months ago to move forward with surrogacy.

We were super excited (and nervous) for our appointment to get things going after what was probably our 5th or 6th consultation with our doctor over the years. Then, just days before our appointment Roe V. Wade was overturned.

Of course this led to so much uncertainty as we live in Texas, so we ultimately cancelled the appointment to wait things out.

After trying to find a doctor in Colorado or California, we decided we’d touch base with our doctor here and see if there were any updates - and well… you can probably guess already the news was exactly what we wanted to hear!

Earlier this week we had our appointments to start on our surrogacy journey. I always love sharing bits of our life with y’all, and so many of you were here during our adoption journey.

So, please know I will continue to share our journey when it feels right for us (and it’s a long journey so you might be standing by for a bit, but know that things are moving)!
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